Automobile-lever lock.



n. N. NESTER.

AUTOMOBILE LEVER LOOK. APPLIOATIOI FILED 001'. 14, 1908.

Patented Au 3, 1909.

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i showing how the device of this invention may and ropates the mechanism to thefposition UNITED STATES DANIEL N. NESTER, OF CHICAGOgILLINOIS.

AUTOMOBILE-LEVER LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Application filed October 14, 1308. Serial No. 457,716.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, DANIEL N. Nnsrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Automobile-Lever Locks, of which the following isv a specification. 7

This invention relates to devices for looking' the operating lever of an engine such primarily as that used upon an ordinary automobile so that the owner or user thereof positions in one position'en aging the leverv 'may leave the device standin in public without fear of theft of the machine or mechanical difficulties arising from an inexperienced person attempting to operate the machine by moving the lever.

The invention consists in mechanism which can be easily and cheaply made and installed capable of moving to two different on all sidesso that it can not e moved in any direction and in the other position leaving said lever clear and free to be moved in any direction for the purpose of operating the machine-.- e r i The invention also consists in details of construction which will be hereafter more fully described and claimed as the specificaoperating post therefor.

While any sort of a lever may be locked by the device of this invention the drawings herein show an automobile engine lever 10 of a common type pivoted at 1 1 and adapted to be moved selectively in'either the slots 12 or 13' formed in the guide frame 15, said lever I when not in use normally restingin the space 16 between the members 17 and 18, the

,leverbeing so mounted that it may be moved perpendicular to the plane of .Fig. 1 through the openings 16 from space 13 to s ace 12 and back again. This part of the mec anism thus far described is well known in the art and forms no art of thisinvention and is here illustrate simply for the purpose of between which is journaled or pivoted on the pin 23 passing through the holes 24a depending member 25 u on a flat board like member a 26 of substantia l the width of the member 15. As best seen in Fig. 4 this levermember 26 has in its end an elongated arallel sided notch 28 lying in the horizonta plane of the o wing '16 in the main frame member 15. he inner: end 29 of this notch 28 is so located that when the'lever 26 is in the full line posi tion ofFigs. 1 and 4 it is directly over the end of the member 18 adjacent to thespace 16 or is in other words in substantial contact with one face of the lever 10. This notch 28 is also so located that in the last mentioned position the sides of the notch are in substantial contact with the sides of the lever-10 when in the opening 16 heretofore described.

.In other words the forks adjacent to this notch 28 engage this lever 10 and hold it within the opening 16 to preventits moving into-either slot 12 or slot 13.

For the double lifting of the 'mem or 26 when in locked. position and also for inclosing the fourth side of the lever 10 adj aeent to the end of the member 17 when in the position just described the following mechanism is provided :Pivoted in the fork member 31 adjacent to the notch 28 is a rod or shaft 32 carrying at its upper end'a suitable handle 33 by which it may be rotated by the .hand'of the operator. On the lower end of this rod 32 is a non circular )referably square member 34 passing throug 1 an elongated slot 35 in a pivoted member 36. This member 36 is of such a length that it just extends across the underside of frame 15 purpose of preventing the and through a suitable opening 37 in a stationary member 38 suspended from the frame of the machine in any suitable manner in the 'case here shown by means of the bolts 40 and the depending member 51. In the end of this iv'oted member 36 is a hole 53 through which a pad lock 54 is inserted.

I In the operation of this mechanism the lever is locked by placing the parts in the position shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4. When it is desired to use the machine which is locked by this mechanism the operator first removes the pad lock 54 then takes hold of the member36 and slides it on the non circular pour-- tion 34 inward until it clears the member 38 after which he takes hold of the handle 33 A dotted h k f memb which ment a clockwise direction until 1 j tirely out of the weyef the lever to and h t full line position to the dotted lineposition of Fig. l and if desired eontinuesthemove- 15 teen:

now uses the lever 101mm ordinary manner and when he desires to lock it again moves the lever 26 in the reverse directionthe memwin register withthesiot 12 after 1e operator takes hold of the lever 26,5

herg itv passing throughthe slot 12 until it is below the member 15 after which the o ema tor again rotates the handle 33 unti the spams arereturlied to originelprfulllne pi e h it t p tienaeross sition of Fig. 1

By the foregoing construction one look supplies the purpose of securing the lever 26 in such a position that it can not be roteted a it With all atteohed pertsfronrthe on' itse xis and the lever l O can not he moved.

Theelaimsermg t 1. In mechanism :of the class described;

- the combination of a suitable framework or standard anop ereting lever slidehle ,c ess therein, e y-leeking memhe'rfpiy; :Yseid standardetonesidel of the opera 7 vex, there being anoteh the lookingmem ber adapted to removehlyengage the operengine opel eting leteitflslidehle within said; Slot, :1 locking memhenpiimtedi {tothe Stend ardat one 'side efthe opereting leverend adapted to he swung two difierjent fiosi 'tions inone snohpesition o t t vit i tllf hem opemt goth W esltlon ntlrel' eiee n 11. re

tingleating lever and mechanism for detachably closing the open end of the notch in the 196k? ing member so that the looking lever secures ve uponell sides.

having a, slot therein, gen

ime we 3 1 steps be swung acro adapted to mov e backward and ferwerd said slot, at loekingmem pe t on tr l vr TOP lever; and; Ineehenism thin :lockl nggseid seeond member: for the purposeiof locking thelopen sitingleveresdescribed.

3. A suitahleframe hiwing an elongated slot therein, an operating lever slidehle 'in' oer pivoted .touthe t t t freme at one side of the operating leterhaV-b a. notch in its end, within whichtheop erating lever lies when the parts are in locked r iojn end asupplementel member pivot- 31 y mounted upon one fork ofthelocking member adjeoent'to said hotch adapted to as said notch lend mechanism 1 1pplezmentel In'emberin seidee r the notch of the lookinglet er; it t t t 4;, In mechanism of the class described, the combination with a frame hevingen elongated slot therein, e11 operating lever for looking t Within said slot} 8 locking member pivoted to i 1 said frame at onesideof the leaking m mber, 1 l t said locking member having forkedportions lying on opposite sideeof theopereting lever r I endengeging thedreme when? the parts em 7 e1 to i in loeked osition, e;postpwotellyfmountedr I t i in theloe ting member extending to the op 1 opposite side of the frame from the first 1k-- 5 ingpmember:endmeene f rdetee e mg; theffiebllcl. toeking member mentioned position.

positeside of the frame from that on which the locking member normally lies, a second locking member mounted upon the end of said post which is away from the first looking member eepahleof "being; swung eorosethe ltiethofislet/x21of{theopemtin gfllewerenithe 

